Numerical study on coupled fluid flow and heat transfer process in parabolic trough solar collector tube

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1863-1872

  Tao, Y B ^a   He, Y L ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coupled heat transfer; Local Nusselt number; Mixed convection; Parabolic solar collector tube

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; COUPLED HEAT TRANSFER; FLUID FLOW; FLUID SOLIDS; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; INNER TUBES; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM VALUES; NATURE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OUTER SURFACE; PARABOLIC SOLAR COLLECTOR TUBE; PARABOLIC TROUGH; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE FIELD; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TUBE DIAMETERS; TUBE WALLS; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MIXED CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

DIAMETER; FLOW FIELD; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 77956175647     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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